Re: [aprsisce] Re: Bug Fix Forced General Release (2012/08/29 21:31)

... I had not planned on that getting into the general release, but my hand was forced by the parsing bug that caused the program to crash. You are also

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From the detailed release notes:

Packet Scroller's Show IGate/Digi now has
*N indicating the used hops. This is strictly a count, not yet
suppressing used "alias" hops, but it does reflect the number
currently used for "local" checking by the -IS to RF Message
Gating logic. This is NOT a permanent feature! (WB1SAR-11
& KF7WII-11 HABs)

I had not planned on that getting into the general release, but my
hand was forced by the parsing bug that caused the program to
crash. You are also correct that it's an I (eye), not a 1 (one).
That means that the packet was "heard via TCP" which means that it
had TCPIP* in it's path.

Gate message packets and associated posits to RF if all of
the following are true:

the receiving station has been heard within range within a
predefined time period (range defined as digi hops,
distance, or both).

the sending station has not been heard via RF within a
predefined time period (packets gated from the Internet by
other stations are excluded from this test).

the sending station does not have TCPXX, NOGATE, or RFONLY
in the header.

the receiving station has not been heard via the Internet
within a predefined time period.
A station is said to be heard via the Internet if packets
from the station contain TCPIP* or TCPXX* in the header or
if gated (3rd-party) packets are seen on RF gated by the
station and containing TCPIP or TCPXX in the 3rd-party
header (in other words, the station is seen on RF as being
an IGate).

By making this visible through the development, it'll be easier to
ensure that things are working properly.